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A Treatment Package without Escape Extinction to Address Food Selectivity
Published on: August 21, 2015
Function-based treatments for escape-maintained problem behavior: a treatment-selection model for practicing behavior
Kaneen B Geiger1, James E Carr, Linda A Leblanc
1Auburn University.
Abstract:
Escape from instructional activities is a common maintaining variable for problem behavior and a number of effective treatments have been developed for this function. Each of these treatments has characteristics that make them optimal for certain environments and clients, but less optimal for others. We summarize the most commonly researched function-based treatments for escape-maintained behavior, describe the contexts for which they are most appropriate, and provide a clinical model for selecting treatments based on client characteristics and the constraints of the therapeutic environment.
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